A Center For The Future

The Institute is working to create a very special place--unique in the world-- which will provide a natural interface between theory, research and practice. This international conference and retreat center will provide parties to conflicts a place to reflect on differences and collaborative solutions to problems. The center will be near the beloved homes of George Washington and George Mason, and just across the Potomac River from the nation's capital. It will consist of a 120 acre campus for quiet, uninterrupted meetings in a secluded, contemplative setting, while being within easy reach of the rest of the world via high-speed communications systems. Its advanced technology will extend those conversations, and the learning process itself, to the most distant points around the globe. This conference and retreat center, yet to be named, will be a place of tangible hope and real progress toward a more rational, peaceful world in the 21st century and beyond.